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 Cuban Music School, Havana 

FEBRUARY

Havana Music School, 15-22 February

£695 pp (1 week)      

1 week Cuban music school is based in Old Havana. This will be the 7th year that this music school has taken place, with daily group music sessions to learn Cuban rhythms and new arrangements. Guest tutors are musicians with Sierra Maestra, Cuba's top son group, and with nights out to local live music venues, this is a musical experience you will never forget!  Musicians, percussionists and singers all welcome. Flights and tourist cards booked on request.

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FEBRUARY/MARCH NEW!!

The Revolutionary Trail (CUBA), 22 Feb - 04 March

from £1295 pp

This 10 day guided tour takes you through the island visiting the main sites associated with the Cuban Revolution. Santiago de Cuba, the ‘cradle of the Revolution', the Sierra Maestra mountains and La Comandancia, Fidels secret strategic base; Desembarco de Granma where Fidel and Che arrived from Mexico; Santa Clara; Trinidad and Havana.  Designed to give you a true insight into the history of Cuba, its people and natural environment. Flights and tourist card booked on request.

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  Chapada Diamantina

APRIL NEW!!

Explore Chapada Diamantina (NE Brazil ), 19 - 26 April  

from £875 pp

Medium grade walking. 

A fully guided 7 day  hiking trip in the Chapada Diamantina national park in Bahia province, NE Brazil.   Starting from Salvador, a colonial style city with plenty of Afro-Brazilian soul, this fully guided holiday follows a circular route exploring the highlights of the region.  Accommodation in local pousadas with half board and picnic lunches each day.  You can book a Portuguese course before or after the hiking trip on request.  Price includes twin room accommodation, full board x 7 nights, specialist local guide and national park entries.  Numbers limited!  Flights booked on request.

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MAY NEW!!

Dance and Discover Dominican Republic,  9-22 May          

from £995  pp

A fully guided 2 week holiday combining 10 days of dance classes, nights out to live music venues in the buzzing capital city of Santo Domingo and a weekend trip to the tropical paradise of Saona Island. Price includes flights, twin room accommodation, B&B x 13 nights, all dance tuition and trips. Numbers limited!  Flights booked on request.

Contact us for details of our Dance and Discover the Dominican Republic holiday

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JUNE / OCTOBER NEW!!

Spanish and the Sea, Basque Country, 30 May-6 June and 10-17 Oct

from £1275  pp

This 7 day immersion course is based in the picturesque Spanish Basque fishing village of Getaria just 30 minutes from San Sebastian.  5 afternoons of intensive small group Spanish lessons with daily guided walks to explore the local countryside and coastal areas (all in Spanish).  Welcome and farewell dinners in specialist local seafood restaurants, half board 3* hotel accommodation and airport transfers included.  

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JULY - 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TRIP

Cuban Carnival dance holiday, 15-29 July

from £1245 pp

This year celebrates 10 years of running our Cuban dance holidays based in the tropical city of Santiago de Cuba.  A heady cocktail of daily dance lessons with your own Cuban dance partner, half board homestay accommodation, cultural visits and accompanied nights out to local live music during the hottest Carnival in the Caribbean plus some special 10 year anniversary surprises along the way.   A holiday of a lifetime! Flights and tourist card booked on request.

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AUGUST  NEW!!

Dance and Discover Cuba, 5-19 August 

from £1245 pp

The first week of this new Cuban holiday is spent in Santiago de Cuba with daily dance lessons, cultural visits and accompanied nights out to local live music venues. The second week is spent on the road exploring Oriente region, with nights in Pinares de Mayari and Baracoa on guided walks, visiting waterfalls and beaches and a full day exploring the Cocoa Trail to see how chocolate is made from plantation to product. We then head up to Havana for the last night of the trip.    Flights and tourist card booked on request.

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OCTOBER  NEW!!       

Taste of Tuscany, Lucca,  3-11 October                      

from £1050 pp 

Based in the one of the most picturesque provincial capitals of Tuscany, this 8 day trip combines morning Italian lessons with afternoon guided visits to places of local interest, a cookery class with dinner to follow, a full day trip to the Cinque Terre and plenty of time for tutored food and wine tastings throughout the week!  Homestay accommodation, single room, half board OR 3*hotel, twin room, B&B x 7 nights included (flights not included). Accompanying persons not doing Italian lessons pay just £900.  Our bilingual tour leader will be with the group from start to finish.

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NOVEMBER - NEW!!

Spanish and Tango, Buenos Aires, 2-14 November    

approx. £1250

A two week holiday celebrating the passion and intensity of tango with Spanish lessons. Daily dance classes at a local tango school and nights out to milongas will ensure that you not only learn to dance but that you do so with confidence.  Transfers, dance and language classe and twin room accommodation in a tango hotel, B&B included. Flights booked on request.

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DECEMBER - 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TRIPS

Cuba Dance Christmas trip, 19 Dec - 02 Jan 2009

Cuba Dance New Year trip, 26 Dec 2009 - 09 Jan 2010                                

from £1245 pp

Christmas in the Caribbean - the ideal way to recharge your batteries at the end of the year!  These 2 week holidays offer a heady cocktail of daily dance lessons with your own Cuban dance partner, half board homestay accommodation, cultural visits and accompanied nights out to local live music. Special Christmas Day beach party and New Year celebrations. Flights and tourist card booked on request.  A holiday of a lifetime!

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